towers

英 [ˈtaʊəz]

美 [ˈtaʊərz]

n.  塔; 建筑物的塔形部分; (尤指教堂或城堡的)塔楼; (电视或无线电信号的)发射塔; 高柜; 高架子
v.  远远高于，远远超过; 高耸，超越
tower的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 塔;塔楼
  Atoweris a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
  1. ...an eleventh century castle with 120-foot high towers.
     带有 120 英尺高塔的 11 世纪城堡
  2. ...the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
     比萨斜塔
• VERB (比周围的人或物)高出许多；屹立
  Someone or something thattowers oversurrounding people or things is a lot taller than they are.
  1. He stood up and towered over her...
     他站起身来，比她高出许多。
  2. At school, a girl may tower over most boys her age…
     在学校，一个女孩可能比她同龄的大多数男孩子都要高出许多。
  3. The icebergs towered above them.
     冰山高耸于他们上方。
• N-COUNT (无线电或电视信号的)发射塔
  Atoweris a tall structure that is used for sending radio or television signals.
  1. Troops are still in control of the television and radio tower.
     军队仍然控制着电视和广播发射塔。
• N-COUNT 同tower block
  Atoweris the same as atower block.
  1. ...his design for a new office tower in Frankfurt.
     他为法兰克福一栋新写字楼所作的设计
• 立式机箱
  Atoweris a tall box that contains the main parts of a computer, such as the hard disk and the drives.
• See also:clock towercontrol towerivory tower
• PHRASE (在危难时)可依靠的人，主心骨，支柱
  If you refer to someone asa tower of strength, you appreciate them because they give you a lot of help, support, and encouragement when you have problems or are in a difficult situation.
  1. Pat was a tower of strength to our whole family.
     帕特是我们全家人的主心骨。

双语例句

• I assume you know Adam towers was killed.
  我猜你知道了是谁杀了亚当陶尔斯。
• The snowy main peak towers above all the others.
  白雪皑皑的主峰高耸在群峦之上。
• Towers were an important feature of churches and cathedrals Built in the Romanesque and Gothic periods.
  塔是罗马式和哥德式时期建造的教堂和大教堂的重要特征。
• The monument towers aloft on the square.
  纪念碑耸立在广场上。
• All I had to do was have explosives planted in the base of the towers.
  我所做的就是在塔底埋了些炸药。
• In the early dawn, the guard towers were silhouetted against the sky.
  黎明时，天空映出了了望塔的轮廓。
• He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square
  他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。
• Glazed stair towers provide solar and wind assistance to natural ventilation.
  玻璃塔楼为自然通风提供了日光和风力两方面的辅助。
• Both towers of the World Trade Center have been hit by aircraft.
  世贸中心的两个塔楼都被飞机撞了。
• The towers are surfaced with steel plates.
  在塔面上加了一层钢板。